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2017-03-11 Home Front: Culture Wars
Air Force troops are warned not to use words including 'boy', 'girl' and 'blackmail' because they could be seen as offensive
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Posted by Blossom Unains5562 2017-03-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ]  Top

#1  'Please be cognizant that such conduct is 100 per cent zero tolerance

Please be cognizant that such sentence is 100% grammerly not.

Recently, I watched two different movies that involved Air Force drone pilots. In both cases, the airmen (airpersons?) seemed a rather weepy about the fact that their job was whacking bad guys. At the time, this struck me as unrealistic. Perhaps not.
Posted by SteveS 2017-03-11 00:25||   2017-03-11 00:25|| Front Page Top

#2 and then we ask these people to die to protect free speech...
Posted by Chuckles Craise3702 2017-03-11 01:10||   2017-03-11 01:10|| Front Page Top

#3 ...With stunning and commendable speed, the Air Force has swatted this down hard.

Times have indeed changed.

Mike
Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2017-03-11 04:47||   2017-03-11 04:47|| Front Page Top

#4 I can think of some cut-backs to the military that wouldn't lower (quite the contrary) the fighting ability.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-03-11 06:14||   2017-03-11 06:14|| Front Page Top

#5 re #3:

"Recently, a former leader within the command sent an email to airmen discouraging the use of certain words and phrases because they might be found offensive by some. The list included terms that are not offensive in their ordinary meaning, but might become offensive if used in certain ways or contexts. 2.

The email is to be disregarded in its entirety. Airmen are expected to treat one another with dignity and respect. That is all that needs to be said on the subject."

Time to weed these PC assholes out
Posted by Frank G 2017-03-11 07:15||   2017-03-11 07:15|| Front Page Top

#6 Said leader needs to be reassigned to a post at the farthest north radar station....counting nuts & bolts in the store room.
Posted by AlanC 2017-03-11 07:34||   2017-03-11 07:34|| Front Page Top

#7 The email is to be disregarded in its entirety. Airmen are expected to treat one another with dignity and respect. That is all that needs to be said on the subject."

tl;dr: Act like effing grownups

I like this. Simple and to the point. All to often, progressives deal with problems by creating ever-more-complicated rulesets. As anyone who has ever built software, written specifications or drafted laws knows, the more complicated you make it, the more likely your system leaks and has unforeseen consequences. Yes, ObamaCare is a fine example.

In other news, someone's career prospects just took a nosedive.
Posted by SteveS 2017-03-11 09:25||   2017-03-11 09:25|| Front Page Top

#8 SteveS, Obamacare is a double plus fine example; both the Law side and the Software side.
Posted by AlanC 2017-03-11 10:11||   2017-03-11 10:11|| Front Page Top

#9 Good find, Mike. I particularly like paragraph 3, with its blunt warning that censorship will not be tolerated and in future will be punished. Stunning speed, indeed -- it's not even two months since President Trump was sworn in.
Posted by trailing wife 2017-03-11 10:19||   2017-03-11 10:19|| Front Page Top

#10 Unfortunately, based on the comments at JQP, the smackdown on this PC shit may not be real.

Meanwhile, here'a bio of the base commander:

Heather L. Pringle

Posted by charger 2017-03-11 12:56||   2017-03-11 12:56|| Front Page Top

#11 Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with two oak leaf clusters

And I look down at my three campaign awards, and quietly cry.
Posted by Pappy 2017-03-11 14:28||   2017-03-11 14:28|| Front Page Top

#12 'help others seek assistance if they are struggling with compliance.'

Does that 'help' include a stay in joycamp for stubborn oldthinkers?
Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2017-03-11 14:50||   2017-03-11 14:50|| Front Page Top

#13 Can we still use the word manhole? Can Santa still say Ho Ho Ho?
Posted by JohnQC 2017-03-11 15:09||   2017-03-11 15:09|| Front Page Top

#14 Sorry JQC, you now have to say "Vagina" and Santa says "He He Hee".
Posted by AlanC 2017-03-11 16:38||   2017-03-11 16:38|| Front Page Top

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